The KIT Shop is run by the company of UniMerch GmbH - a subsidiary of the Hagemann Group - from Eichenau near Munich. As an autonomous operator, UniMerch produces and sells the products under a license granted by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The collection was designed in close cooperation with KIT.

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